Name: Econo Lodge Garner - Raleigh
Address: 1602 Mechanical Blvd., Garner, 27529, US

2/10

Poor

21 Jul 2026

NIMESHKUMAR

My chRge is not reverted which taken at time of checkin

2/10

Poor

05 Jul 2026

Guy

Terrible customer service. Although I told the gentleman my wife is asthmatic and we couldn’t be in a smoking room, he still gave us a smoking room with an unpleasant odor. He claimed that it was third party reservation from Expedia so he couldn’t change it. “Wow sir, this is a health issue.” It was like talking to the wall. In any case, I ended up paying for a different non smoking room. It took a while to get Expedia on the phone to reimburse me for the original “unexpected smoking room” reservation. Not a good experience!!!

Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jul 2026

Judy

Employees were friendly and very kind
Keep up the good work

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

04 Jul 2026

Guy

Terrible customer service. Although I told the gentleman my wife is asthmatic and we couldn’t be in a smoking room, he still gave us a smoking room with an unpleasant odor. He claimed that it was third party reservation from Expedia so he couldn’t change it. “Wow sir, this is a health issue.” It was like talking to the wall. In any case, I ended up paying for a different non smoking room. It took a while to get Expedia on the phone to reimburse me for the original “unexpected smoking room” reservation. Not a good experience!!!

Family

6/10

Pleasant

03 Jul 2026

Shanna

The room was clean as expected because I have stayed there before but this time it was different. I killed 2 roaches in my room.

Self

2/10

Poor

23 Jun 2026

Adrian

Do not use their WiFi all my apps and accounts where breach someone there is doing some serious hacking. Their WiFi is not secure or safe.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

14 Jun 2026

James

The staff was friendly and helpful, the room was clean, but the hotel is definitely old and has not been maintained the way it should have. The complementary breakfast was a bit on the sad side. Orange nojuice was watered down, they had toast and toaster waffles, some small individually packaged honey buns, and had some small flavored croissants about half the size of a regular croissant.Two types of cereal, and those a gallon of milk in the cooler pour on it. And that was about it.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jun 2026

Kathryn

Nice budget hotel in a convenient location.

2/10

Poor

27 Apr 2026

Thompson

Bed springs you could see through the blankets, Landed at 8pm got there and had to fina another hotel thankfully Expedia did refund the entire 4 night stay pictures are deceiving. Do not stay there!

6/10

Pleasant

17 Apr 2026

Carmina

Staff helpful. Room ceiling paint peeling. Many cracks in ceiling. Was able to transfer to another room. No decaffeinated coffee or tea available.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 Mar 2026

Kim

Friendly staff, clean room, quiet

Partner

2/10

Poor

15 Feb 2026

Yulanie

Was not at all what I expected, tub had cigarette burn marks on them

6/10

Pleasant

13 Feb 2026

Wilbert

The staff was excellent. The building is old and the room had an odor, though it was reasonably clean.

Business_and_leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

12 Jan 2026

Robin

The room was spacious and the staff was helpfull

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

27 Dec 2025

Taylor

Staff was courteous and friendly.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

23 Nov 2025

Shatitka

The room. The bed wasn't attached therefore it rolled easily and the bottom of it was medal so it made noise. The bathroom door was coming apart. Everytime you close it the bottom gets stuck. The bathroom fan don't work. The water from the shower sprays all over the place

Self

8/10

Excellent

15 Nov 2025

David

Yes!

Self

2/10

Poor

27 Oct 2025

Monica

Room could use a deep cleaning .
Next door neighbor screamed and argued until 3am , I went to the front desk to complain bc we couldn’t sleep and they did nothing .
The even refused to change our room .

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

26 Oct 2025

Lisa

It was a crack motel but the inside of the room was clean

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

18 Oct 2025

Nathaniel

It ok but the breakfast was not so good they need to redo that! 😔

Business_and_leisure

4/10

Poor

13 Oct 2025

Charles

Sadly I needed to cancel but I was still charged after calling early morning before check in to make them aware but they were happy to still charge my card, very disheartening. I'd like to be credited for the money to at least book sometime in the near future

10/10

Exceptional

25 Sep 2025

Quaniex

Staff

Business_and_leisure Self

4/10

Poor

23 Sep 2025

Thomas F.

The bathroom door was busted

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2025

James

great place to stay

great staff and clean room

Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Aug 2025

Teplah

The bed was very comfortable

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

25 Aug 2025

ERNESTINE

There was nothing extraordinary. and the cleanliness and amenities were average

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

05 Aug 2025

Scott

Staff excellent, friendly. Property feels worn down, very surprised how squeaky the platform of the bed was and how hard the mattress was. Outside hallways just feel rundown.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

28 Jul 2025

Shirley Y.

I think rooms needs a little renovations. I found a roach and left hours of checking in. The refrigerator in the room was old and broken. The bathroom door the lock was lose and broken.

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2025

Jason

One of the few hotels in the Raleigh area not located alongside a busy freeway.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Jul 2025

Greg

Run down rooms with patchy paint and trim. Doorstopper on back of the bathroom door was hanging off. Weird design of the shower with seashell-shaped shelf dead center 10 inches from the floor so you have to keep your ankles close together was awkward. Bedframe was noisy when weight shifted whatsoever. Neighborhood was industrial area with junkyards, utility company repair yards, etc. Everything worked though. Great front desk staff and cleaning crew. I’d stay there again but it may be off-putting for some guests.

Business_and_leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jul 2025

Lidymar

It was a good stay for a business trip, booking this place from now on

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jul 2025

Lidymar

It was clean which was important

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jun 2025

Dianne

It is a typical hotel, but it is clean, staff is friendly and the room is very roomy. Excellent room for the cost.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

29 May 2025

Oneisha

Never ever again

Roaches, cigarette burns all over, filthy bathrooms and rude staff

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 May 2025

Elvis Alexis

Good

Business_and_leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

03 May 2025

melvin

It was a nice room but the breakfast they serve comes from a dollar store very low quality…

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

28 Apr 2025

stephanie

Room was musty. Sheets had holes in them. It was a basic room, nothing to brag about. When it mentioned breakfast, it was frozen waffles, cereal and pop tarts. Will I book again, probably not. It was just convenient

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

22 Apr 2025

Susan

This motel was in a convenient location and the price was reasonable. However, it is showing its age, other people were loud, and I felt unsafe. Worst of all was the breakfast - donuts, sugary cereals, white bread, and no protein, not even peanut butter. I would not recommend unless you are on a very tight budget.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

12 Apr 2025

Krystal

The Staff was absolutely horrible. The black gentleman at the front desk charged my card without my authorization the night before for a single night then when I checked in to pay the remaining balance behaved as if I did not have the money to stay a motel they had already charged me a full night for. They double charged my room then said they would give it away if I couldn’t pay a $50 deposit. I had to call my bank on speaker for them to fix everything and give me my room key. They did not go into to the room once to clean it while I stayed. 4 nights for an event in town. Though they were moving to clean rooms every morning. The breakfast was Saran wrapped pop tarts and box donuts bought the day of. Even at check out another man looked at me crazy when I asked for a printed copy of my receipt. Stay here if you must but the staff is not kind and the rooms will be dirty.

Leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

07 Apr 2025

Karen

I was given a \"suite\" because the room I reserved was already taken, apparently. Side note: I called in advance for my room because my flight was delayed until midnight. Well, I get to the property and I am already regretting it. I was told the shower doesn't function but the tub was the best part! Wow... I get in there with the diabolical smell of cigarette smoke and linens from the 50s. Housekeeping was, loud, rude and unmannerly. I just cant... NEVER AGAIN. Mind you, I also paid over 700 for 3 nights... pshh..

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Mar 2025

Chrislene

The breakfast was decent.

2/10

Poor

19 Mar 2025

Angelica

Not going back to this hotel ever again! Dirty, smells weed, dirty, furniture old and broken!

6/10

Pleasant

16 Mar 2025

Steven

It was good bed a little hard feeling hurts my back but most of all could be a lot better for the breakfast it was good i mean no one wants waffles wrapped in plastic when other hands touch it or the waffles where thesame way and hard the choices for breakfast was terrible needs to up grade bad other than that it the stay was good

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2025

Megan

Always friendly

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2025

Megan

They are always so nice to people

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jan 2025

Richard

Best rate thru Expedia.

10/10

Exceptional

31 Dec 2024

Alex

Nice people and staff. Room was cleaned daily, hot water, ice machine laundry services and free light breakfast.

Business_and_leisure Family

4/10

Poor

27 Dec 2024

Verified traveler

Wasnt a safe area of town

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Dec 2024

Verified traveler

Staff was very helpful and kind!

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

12 Dec 2024

Amanda

I only stayed one night ! Not only did someone try to get into my room around 2 am, there was a gap in the door seal(frame of door) my room
Was freezing all night I couldn’t get out of there fast enough.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Dec 2024

Jeffrey

Fine establishment

10/10

Exceptional

04 Dec 2024

Jeffrey

I like it

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Nov 2024

james lyman

quiet

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2024

Jeffrey

It was nice

8/10

Excellent

01 Nov 2024

Leticia

Everything was nice until I saw a roach or two, after being told there was no issues with roaches or bedbugs! Other than the roach it was clean & quiet!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Oct 2024

Zoila

Management was awesome

10/10

Exceptional

19 Oct 2024

Jade

I would stay here again!

I had a fantastic stay!
The staff was helpful the bed was comfortable. It was a much better value for the same amount of money that I paid at a hotel down the street the night before

Self

6/10

Pleasant

29 Jul 2024

Christopher

Everyone we interacted was friendly and helpful! The condition of the motel wasn’t… the greatest, a lot of it looked run down. The room we stayed in had some type of brown splatter? on one of the doors and brown and white splatter on the wall next to our sink. We were missing a light bulb in one of our lamps and one bed was extremely squeaky every time you moved. Probably wouldn’t want to stay here again, but was thankful we found somewhere close to what we were doing. Again the staff was very friendly!

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

16 Jul 2024

Donna

The front desk staff were very helpful and nice; however, the building, rooms and grounds need significant work. The breakfast was extremely limited, the pool was filled in and the lights around the property did not all have bulbs. Grounds are bare or littered with weeds. The price was way out of line for this property.

Business Family

2/10

Poor

05 Jul 2024

Laura

The other guests near us were very sketchy. We left before dark. A lot of people coming and going from the neighbors room.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2024

Randall

Great place to stay!

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

25 Jun 2024

Mary

Now, after having stayed at Econo Lodge Garner NC, I would not ever stay there again, because there are other hotels - notably Wingate by Wyndham - which are very close by to the Econo Lodge, but much nicer. Econo Lodge was clean enough but clearly really old, and the A/C unit was the loudest I've EVER heard in any hotel. The breakfast was, seriously, a joke: Twinkies? Please. I was in Garner for a visit with family in Raleigh, and the last time there, I stayed at an eclectic independent hotel, The Longleaf, which was very nice but very overpriced, in my opinion. So this time I purposely looked for hotels a bit farther from the downtown Raleigh area where my family lives. My sister and my nephew both expressed concern about the environment around the Econo Lodge, and strongly hinted I should choose some other hotel, whether in Garner or close by, that is better and feels safer. Now I know I could get the Wingate there for not much more per night, definitely will look at that next time.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

24 Jun 2024

Aisha

The property could you an upgrade. The tub water was leaking, the chair had many stains and the area felt a bit unsafe.

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2024

Timmie

Not at this time

4/10

Poor

16 Jun 2024

Jason

I wont be back.

The desk people were nice. The room was dirty. It appears clean but if you wipe anything its filthy. Had blood on the ceiling, wall behind the tv, and wall in the bathroom. The bed squeaked so bad you couldnt sleep. There were bugs on the floor and in the bathroom. There were many things in the room repaired poorly. My first and last econo lodge.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

26 May 2024

Mariana

There are no elevators and keep in mind the property only has outside stairs and outside doors. We were okay the whole time with everything but a homeless person approached us practically right outside the building. Added security and making it more modern would be best.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 May 2024

Daniel

They stay was comfy

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 May 2024

stepfon

Location was close to food and shopping

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

31 Mar 2024

Jeremie

The only concern was no breakfast

8/10

Excellent

17 Mar 2024

Stanley

The hotel is a little old and run down, but overall quiet and comfortable. Check in was easy, bed was comfortable and breakfast was fine.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

26 Feb 2024

Francis

Good

2/10

Poor

24 Feb 2024

Peggy

Roaches, unsafe bathtub, dirty bathroom and people coming and going all hours of the night. There was no kind of breakfast offered and no workout area as advertised.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

04 Feb 2024

Shaqona

Decent room nice size bed

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

01 Jan 2024

Kathy

Convenience and wasn't the safest

Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Dec 2023

James

Efficient, clean, inexpensive.

Partner

4/10

Poor

10 Dec 2023

Holly

The night time clerk actually gave my room and key access to someone else. So at three o'clock in the morning three men busted into my room (I was traveling alone). Thankfully, the men left and I called the clerk who told me the mixup. This could have went really bad but thank goodness it didn't.

10/10

Exceptional

02 Dec 2023

Cassandra

Very satisfied with stay

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

06 Nov 2023

Daniel

Our first room had a broken bed frame on the couch. We were then moved to another room. The hostess was very kind and he provided awesome hospitality. The rooms felt outdated and I could see cracks and holes in the restroom wall, which made us feel uneasy.

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

15 Oct 2023

Shatitka

Last time staying there

The place needs a make over. Its dingy patched up and the owners are rude

Partner

2/10

Poor

18 Sep 2023

Christina

Room

The room is falling apart. Extremely Dirty! The door doesn’t close all the way. The floors were so dirty we had to wear socks to walk around. Refrigerator and freezer both don’t work. We had to fix the drain plug in the bathtub. The toilet had poop stains in it. It was an awful place to stay.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

12 Sep 2023

Swante

Im not sure why but i havent gotten my deposit back for either of my last two stays.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

09 Aug 2023

Robin

Loud, music from guests next door. The smell of marijuana was overwhelming. Prostitute activity I was very disappointed, once nighttime arrived..

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

31 Jul 2023

Kathryn

Property is in serious need of updating. The walkways are dirty. Our room smelled of cigarettes and was musty. A/C unit is very loud. Mattress needs to be replaced. Breakfast is a joke- have to go to front deak for milk.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 May 2023

Madeline

Honestly nothing to complain about besides more toilet paper LOL.

Leisure

2/10

Poor

10 May 2023

Ned

I will never stay here again

Terrible hotel. Bed bugs. Rooms are old and dirty.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jan 2023

lolita

The property was a decent and comfortable stay in a good location.

Business Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jan 2023

Isiah

It was good

8/10

Excellent

16 Nov 2022

Joan Newsome

Nice for the pricr

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

03 Oct 2022

Melissa

Not good lights out he did not work and we had to get the door unlocked. That’s dangerous.

Self

8/10

Excellent

30 Sep 2022

BRIAN

It was better than I thought it would be. Needed a cheap hotel to sleep for a few hours. Lots of people outside talking late into the night. Bed was comfortable and the AC provided white noise to drown out noise. Front office was awesome and professional. You can tell they take pride in the property.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Sep 2022

Michael

The property was ok not too spectacular but it was clean and comfortable inside the rooms

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Aug 2022

Kassondra

Nice place

Arrived late at night and the guy at desk was so friendly and the room was clean.
Area was quiet and didn’t have any issues.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

24 May 2022

Yahya

Nice and quiet

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

02 Dec 2021

Johnathan

Great night stay.

The loction was excellent as well as the staff and accommodation. Very comfortable and clean room. Ill definitely stay here again.

Self

2/10

Poor

15 Nov 2021

JESSICA

There were roaches in the bathroom.
Also Hotel charged me a no show when after I told them I wouldn't check in Friday night but early Saturday morning. So they changed me a whole extra night as if I stayed 3 nights instead of 2.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

Clean, bed was comfortable, the shower was very awkward, staff was friendly.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Apr 2021

Wendy

I’ve stayed here in the past and it was pretty nice but it was six years ago. I would say that they definitely need to do renovations. Our door was multicolored looking horrible. But I still enjoyed my stay. One of the pillows on the bed didn’t have a pillow case on it and the bedspread on the bed looked stained.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

23 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Very small room, old furnishings, soft mattress. That’s all.

Business_and_leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

26 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

Nice staff I would stay again it was better than florida.